In the summer of 1922, young American priest Robert Shannon arrives in Ireland in search of his soul and demoralized by the corruption he encountered in the Boston Archdiocese, and finds himself facing the dangers of Ireland's civil war.

In the summer of 1922, young American priest Robert Shannon arrives in Ireland in search of his soul and demoralized by the corruption he encountered in the Boston Archdiocese, and finds himself facing the dangers of Ireland's civil war.